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DUBUQUE COUNTY 
EARLY SETTLERS' 
ASSOCIATION 




ORGANIZED JUNE 10, 1865 

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IOWA FARMER, PUBLISHERS 
TELEaRAPH-HERALO ^S^^^^ PRINTERS, DUBUQUE 




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Dubuque County 
Early Settlers' Association 

ORGANIZED JUNE lo, i86c^ 



OFFICERS: 



President, EDWARD LAXGWORTHY 

Secretary, .--■.--.' CHANDLER CHILDS 
Treasurer, ALEXANDER SIMPLOT 



Officers Since Organization Have Been: 

PRESIDENTS— 

Edward Langworthy, Benjamin Rupert, Thomas S. Wilson, 
John Maclay, Geo. W. Jones, Phineas W. Crawford, Alex- 
ander Simplot, William Quigley. 

SECRETARIES— 

Chandler Childs, Wm. Myers, H. H. Smyth, Thomas Alsop, 
Dr. J. P. Quigley, Alexander Simplot, Andrew Bahl. 

TREASURERS— 

Wni. G. Stewart, Philip Pier. 

VICE PRESIDENTS— 

Jacob Kessler, D. W. Cleveland, Peter Ferring, Walter Cook, 
E. H. Smith. 






Brief Early History of Iowa and Dubuque County 
"THE BEAUTIFUL LAND" 

The year 1803 is memorable in the history of the West for the 
purchase of Louisiana from France for $15,000,000. This land was 
known as the New Northwest, and was peopled by abongmal tribes. 
As its Eastern sections were settled by the whites, its political status 
underwent sundry changes. In 1834 the territory west of the Missis- 
sippi River and north of Missouri was a part of the Territory of Michi- 

^ On the 4th of July, 1836, Wisconsin Territory was erected, embrac- 
ing within its limits the present states of Iowa, Wisconsin and Minne- 
sota In 1838 the Territory of Iowa was created, comprising the pres- 
ent state, the larger part of Minnesota, and extending north to the 
boundary' lines of the British possessions. , ^^ ^ i, +i. 

In 1836 the town of Dubuque was surveyed and platted by the 
Government. . ^ ^ . , ^i, 

December 28, 1846, Iowa was admitted as a sovereign state into the 
American Union. Ansel Briggs was its first, and Stephen Hempstead 
its second governor, the latter a resident of Dubuque. 

General Geo. W. Jones, who also resided in Dubuque County, and 
Augustus C. Dodge, were its first United States Senators. 

Julien Dubuque, a Frenchman in the employ of the American Fur 
Co at Prairie du Chien, where it had a trading post, learning from the 
Indians of the rich lead region in this locality, came with a number 
of half-breeds and friendly Indians down the river in canoes in 1788, 
and made the first settlement in the county, calling it the "Mines of 
Spain" He identified himself with them by marrying Potosa, the 
daughter of the Indian Peosta, who was chief of the Fox village located 
at the mouth of what is now Catfish Creek, and acquired great 
influence over the Indians, obtaining from them extensive 
mining rights, extending seven leagues along the Missis- 
sippi River and three leagues in v/idth from the river, presumably in- 
tending to include the river front between the Little Maquoketa and 
the Tete des Mort rivers, embracing more than 70,000 acres. 

In 1804 Dubuque transferred the larger part of his claim to Auguste 
Choteau a French merchant of St. Louis, and in 1805, he and Choteau 
jointly filed their claims with the Board of Commissioners. The In- 
dians at Dubuque's death claiming that the privilege accorded him 
was only a permit to work the mines during his life, took possession 
and continued mining operations and were sustained by the military 
authority of the United States. . . . ^ 

The heirs of Choteau however, were not disposed to relinquish 
their claim without a struggle. The case was finally carried to the 
Supreme Court, where in 1S51, it was decided adverse to them, the 
court holding that the concession was only a lease or permit to work 
the mines. 

Dubuque was called by the Indians Le Petite Nuit, the little night, 
presumably on account of his short stature, dark eyes and slightly dark 
complexion. , . •, 

He died in 1810, and his remains lie where they were buried, 
marked by the monument erected a few miles below the city through 
the instrumentality of the Early Settlers and the Julien Dubuque Monu- 
ment Association. 

The lead mines in the Dubuque region had been an object of uni- 



versal interest to the miners about Galena and there was prevalent a 
strong disposition to get there. James L. Langworthy, as early as 
1S29. with a number of others, visited the Indian village of the Sacs 
and Foxes, near the mouth of the Catfish, for the purpose of working 
them, but were refused permission. A further attempt was made by 
Edward Langworthy, the first President of our Association, and three 
others with him, in February, 1S30, but their efforts were also of m> 
avail. 

In June however of the same year, Lucius H. Langworthy, James 
L. Langworthy, Matthew Ham, Dr. K. S. Lewis, A. McNear, and some 
forty others, finding that the Reynard or Fox Indians had deserted 
the country contiguous to the Dubuque Mines, for a section further 
in the interior, in consequence of hostilities committed upon them by 
the Sicux. crossed the river to establish themselves in minng, about 
Dubuque's estate. The Indian title had not lapsed and being outside 
any state or territorial government these settlers adopted such laws 
as were applicable to the exigencies of the times and gravity of the 
situation. 

After a few months of mining operations they were notified by 
Col. Taylor in command of Fort Crawford, that they were trespassing 
upon the terms of the treaty between the Government and the Indians, 
directing them to leave Iowa within two weeks. 

Their dilatory action in obeying the order induced Col. Taylor to 
send a detachment of troops under Lieutenant Jefferson Davis to en- 
force it. The Government troops guarded the mines until during 
the Black Hawk war against the very Indians whose property they 
had been so recently defending. The treaty of peace, known as the 
Black Hawk purchase, which included the territory of Dubuque County, 
extending from the foot of Rock Island and westward 50 miles, run- 
ning parallel to the river, that distance northward to the mouth of 
the Upper Iowa River, became vested in the Government, leaving the 
field open to prospective settlars. 

In the latter part of the summer of 1832, Thos. McCraney, Hosea 
Camp and a few others crossed the river and were followed in the fall 
by those who had been forced to leave the mines. These were the 
advance guard in laying the permanent foundation of the settlement of 
our beautiful city. 



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CONSTITUTION AND OBJECTS OF THE 
ASSOCIATION 

The following is a copy of the Constitution adopted in 18G5i and 
as amended subsequently in that year, and also on December 17, 18C8, 
and June 28, 1894. 

PREAMBLE. 

Whereas, In the Providence of God we became pioneers in the 
settlement of the rich and fertile County of Dubuque, in the State of 
Iowa; and 

Whereas, The number of Early Settlers is fast decreasing, and 
many of us will soon go to that bourne from whence no traveler re- 
turns; and 

Whereas, We desire to gather and preserve the memory of a set- 
tlement that has grown so rapidly and has been so abundantly pros- 
pered; and believing that recollections of the past, the happiness of the 
present, and the hopes of tho future, should unite us as a band of 
brothers, we have formed an Association and now adopt this Constitu- 
tion : 

CONSTITUTION. 

Article 1. This Association shall be known and designated as 
The Early Settlers' Association of Dubuque County. 

Article 2. The officers shall be a President, five Vice-Presidents, a 
Secretary and a Treasurer, who shall be chosen annually at a meet- 
ing in June. Special Meetings may be held by adjournment, by call 
of the President, or on the request of five members. 

Article 3. All persons who are now residents of Dubuque County, 
and who were in the Upper Mississippi Lead Region for the last 
twenty-five years are eligible to membership, and shall be considered 
members after signing the Constitution, or authorizing the ..enrolling 
of their names. 

Article 4. The membership fee shall be one dollar. Ladies may 
become members without cost. 

Article 5. The funds of the Association shall be used for defray- 
ing incidental expenses, for biographies, and for such other purposes 
as the Association may direct. 

Among the objects of this Association are the following: To 
collect data, memoranda and historical facts, .referring to the early 
history of Dubuque City and County. 

To attend funerals of deceased members in a. body, and by occas- 
ional social meetings to revive the recollections and preserve the 
memory of the scenes, events and incidents for the last sixty-one years. 

To encourage the publication of a proper history of Dubuque. 

To collect the photographs and portraits, as far as possible, of all 
the members of the Association. 

To have a room where the early settlers of Dubuque and their 
visiting friends may meet at any time and amuse themselves by ex- 
amining the files of old newspapers of Dubuque, the relics collected, 
a historical library referring to the Northwestern states, and give 
such information to the Secretary as will enable him to perfect the 
records of the early history of Dubuque County, for publication. 

The donation of a photograph is at the option of the member. 
The Association will thank any member, or other person, for any relics, 
curiosities, old books, papers, or letters, which may be of interest to 



the collGcticn or add to the history of early settlements. 

All members of the Association, and others interested in the ob- 
jects stated, are invited to call and receive a copy of the Constitution 
and also to sign their names to the list of members, if entitled to do 
so, at the office of the Secretary. 



FORM OF CERTIFICATE. 

DUBUQUE COUNTY 

EARLY SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION, 

Organized June 10, 1865. 

©erttftcate of piember^ljip 



This Certifies, That 

is a Life Member of this Association from the date of. 



Attest : Secretary. 

._ President. 

Ti'easurer. 



PRESENT OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION. 



WILLIAM QUIGLEY, President. 

ALEXANDER SOIPLOT, Secretary. 

PHILIP PIER, Treasurer. 

I am indebted to Mr. Richard Herrmann of this city, for the use 
of his highly interesting manuscript history of the "Life and Adven- 
tures of Julien Dubuque," from which, in a desultory way, I havie 
selected interesting incidents and general details of his life. 

From its pages we learn that Julien Dubuque was the first in this 
country of that name. .Jean Dubuque, his father, came from the 
Parish of Trinity, Diocese of Rouen, in France, and ma.-ried in Quebec 
in 16CS. His descendents later established themselves in the Dis- 
trict of Three Rivers, and on the 10th of January, 1762 Julien Du- 
buque first saw the light of day at St. Pierre les Bicquets in the County 
of Nicolet, on the banks of the St. Lawrence. He received the best 



schooling that the border towns of the newly settled country could 
afford and his shrewdness and diplomacy of after years showed good 
results therefrom and had much to do with shaping his future career 
in life. As he grew up to manhood the glowing descriptions of the 
far west, its forests and waters teeming with game, fur-bearing ani- 
mals and fish of all kinds, its mineral resources and other possibili- 
ties, stimulated his ambition to explore the unknown land. Starting 
in the summer of his twenty-second year from Three Rinvers, his 
course in order to reach his objective point, the Mississippi, was up 
the north shore of the St. Lawrence to Lake Ontario, thence by bat- 
teau or canoe, work his v;^ay along the north shore of that lake until 
he arrived at the foot of the cataract of Niagara, and from thence, 
accompanied by two or three Indians or half breeds, they caiTied the 
canoes on their shoulders above the falls, for re-embarkation. The 
fort at Sandusky and occasional trading posts along the shores of 
Lakes Erie and Huron afford od tkem their necessary supplies. At 
the fort on the Island of Miackinac a short halt was made. Thence 
with two Canadian voyageurs for companions, paddling through the 
straits of Mackinac, they entered Lake Michigan paddling their 
•canoes near the northern shore westward, and entered Green Bay 
going thence into Fox River and into Lake "Winnebago. 

Here in a village of the Miamies and Kickapoos they remained for 
some time. The chief, with whom Dubuque became quite friendly, 
and from whom he obtained the secret of a root which would cure 
the bite of the venomous rattlesnakes that abounded in the country, 
furnished them with two Indians and two birch bark canoes to con- 
duct him over the Portage to the headwaters of the Wisconsin^ Rinver. 
Here they launched their canoes upon the Wisconsin for their descent 
to the Great River, accompanied by their guides, stopping only to 
prepare their meals or camping for the night. On reaching the Mis- 
sissippi they found three other white men — Gautier De Vorville, Mich- 
ael Brisbois, and Capt. Fisher, a Scotchman — located at the trading 
post of Prairie du Chien, lying a short distance above the mouth of 
the Wisconsin, and stopped with them, passing their time in exploring 
the surrounding countiT on their hunting expeditions. They freely 
used their canoes in getting acquainted with the Great River and 
Dubuque soon became known to, and traded with the Indians, and 
in 1785 established himself in Prairie du Chien, where he and his 
comrades, Basil Giard, and Pierre Autaga, were among its first in- 
habitants. Young Dubuque's active and lively nature soon got him 
on good terms with the Indians and gave him a wonderful influence 
over them. 

By means of ingenious artifices and pretended magic conjuration 
he so' surpassed the juggleries of the Indians that he was re- 
garded as a supernatural being. His sure cure or antidote for poison 
of the rattlesnake, derived from the chief of the Kickapoos, was a 
great success, so much so that he was thought to have power by 
speaking to the reptiles to make them docile and harmless. His utter- 
ances were regarded as oracles and he became recognized as their 
arbiter in disputed cases. One instance is told wherein two Indians 
under the influence of whiskey, seized a stray horse and both getting 
on his back rode wildly across the prairie; suddenly the horse out of 
breath, sank dcwn and rolling over on one of his riders, an Indian 
was killed. The relatives of the victim cried out for vengeance on his 
companion, whilst those cf the latter claimed it was caused by an 
accident; finally the case was submitted to Dubuque. He listened 
attentively to their statements and then in a grave and solemn voice 

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pronounced his judgment: "An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a 
tooth, nothing is more just — whoever sheds blood merits death. I 
order that two Indians chosen by each family shall mount this same 
horse and then drive him at his greatest speed across the prairies 
until one or the other of them shall perish." This decision, showing 
that the horse was the sole cause of the accident, put an end to the 
dispute. 

Dubuque learned from Fisher, that in 1780 the wife of Peosta. 
chief of the Foxes, living some distance below on the west side of 
the river, had discovered a load ore mine thereabouts, and the fur* 
ther report that additional lead ore had been unearthed in that vicinity 
promptly made up his mind that he would secure possession of the 
mineral land of that region. 

Taking a companion with him in his canoe, he went down the 
river to the Fox village, where the Muskwickis of the Foxes lived, at 
the mouth of what is now known as Catfish Creek. Here he met 
Peosta. the chief of the tribe, a man of splendid physique, over s\x 
feet tall, and his handsome young daughter Potosa, both of whom 
received him amicably, and he was much impressed by her appear- 
ance and the noble dignity of the red man. He made them presents 
of glass beads, small bra :3 bells and other trinkets dear to the In- 
dian and the feminine heart, but found them reticent about giving in- 
formation regarding the lead mines, and returned nevertheless well 
satisfied, to Prairie du Chien. 

He thereafter made repeated visits taking with him presents, and 
completely ingratuatod himself with the tribe, Peosta, and its several 
chiefs among whcm he was called Le Petite Nuit, presumably from 
his being short of stature and dark complexioned. But more par- 
ticularly was he successful in car'-ying away the pride of the five 
villages, the beautiful Po+.osa, whom he married according to their 
rites, after having been initiated into a knowledge of Manitou and 
taken into th3 tribe as one of their braves. 

Thence forward the obtaining possession of the mines was an 
easy matter. Dwelling for a year with Potosa in Peosta's wigw-am, 
as was customary with the tribe after the taking of a wife, and affec- 
tionately regarded as a brave, he was readily granted at a great coun- 
cil of the savages held at Prairie du Chien, September 22, 178S, the 
sole mining rights over a domain of about 148,171 acres of ground, 
which included the mine discovered by the wife of Peosta. 

This act of concession of the Indians to Dubuque has been pre- 
served and is contained fully in Mr. Herrmann's interesting narrative. 
Dubuque found that the mines were worked in a very primitive way — 
the mining being dene by the squaws and children, and only then when 
driven by necessity to get ore enough for the necessaries of life. 
They would put down a shaft leaving the under side inclined, enabling 
them to pull up by hand the rocks and lead ore from the deiiths of the 
mine. A windlass and rope was unknown to them. Their rope was 
made of bark fibres and was secured to a sack for holding ore, earth 
or rocks, made of buffalo hide or deer skin. The lead was smelted in 
the rudest form of oven and thus traded off in exchange for articles 
they wanted and was mostly shipped to St. Louis. Dubuque worked 
the mines which he called The Mines of Spain, in a systematic man- 
ner, building better smelting furnaces, and run the lead into more 
suitable shape, known as pig-lead, for handling, which he boated to 
St. Louis, disposing of them there for ready cash. These trips were 
gala days with him; at a dance, with a violin and bow in hand, he 
would gayly trip the light fantastic. Money Musk, or Virginia Reel, to 



the sound of his own music, and the admiration of his compatriots. 
On his return he would bring baclv such things suitable to his own 
use, or for trade with the Indians, not omitting to please his Indian 
wife with the trinkets she admired. "On one of these trips he brought 
up a good sized old-fashioned brass cannon purchased at St. Louis, and 
installed it upon the point of land immediately under the bluff front- 
ing the river and north of the creek. Under this bluff he erected a 
log house for his home and built a stone wall about the point enclosing 
the ground, apparently, in defence of which, the cannon might be used 
if necessary for its protection. 

The prosperity that attended Dubuque in his management of the 
lead mines excited the jealousy of the Indians and various pretexts 
were made to dispossess him of his mining rights. He had however 
worked on their fears with such ingenious stratagems that they re- 
garded him as one clothed with supernatural powers and shrunk from 
going too far in their efforts. 

A dispute arose over a demand Dubuque had made of them, but 
the Indians after days of conferences stubbornly refused to yield to 
him. Happening to have a barrel of turpentine among his goods, he 
emptied it just after dark on the sluggish waters of the creek. Build- 
ing a large bonfire on the bank he called the Indians suddenly from 
their lodges for consultation. When all were seated about the fire 
he harrangued them on the obligations they were under for benefits he 
had conferred, and promised more of they would grant him the favor 
asked for. But the chiefs refused to yield another point in his favor, 
and warned him to beware of their vengeance if he persisted any 
longer in his demands. Dubuque instantly assumed a defiant air, and 
threatened to execute the vengeance of the Manitou upon them for 
their ingratitude. They still sat unmoved, when he seized a fire 
brand, and telling them he would burn up the creek as proof he was 
the great Spirit, threw the burning ember into the stream. 

A sheet of flame rose instantly, and with a shriek of terror, each 
Indian arose to his feet. Now, said Dubuque, with all the majesty he 
could assume, now, if you do not yield, I will burn your creek, your 
canoes, your wigwams, yourselves! I will set fire to the Mississippi 
and burn it up. But I loved you before you hated me, and will for- 
give you, if the great Manitou will let me. I give you the time of 
only one breath to answer me, if not, the river will burn. The In^ 
dians fell before him prostrate in adoration. The head chief thanked 
him for their lives, and granted all he asked. This v;as the last of 
Dubuque's strategic victories over the Indians. Everything he asked 
thereafter of them was granted, and it was not until atfer his death 
that they dared to drive his followers from the soil. 

In 1796, the country being under the control of Spain, Dubuque 
presented a petition to Governor Carondelet at New Orleans regard- 
ing his ownership of the mines, which was granted under certain re- 
strictions — would refer to Mr. Herrmann's book for details. 

The year 1803 brought Dubuque under the sway of our govern- 
ment. In 1S04 he sold to Auguste Choteau of St. Louis for $18,848.60 
72,324 acres of his land and the conveyance provided that at the death 
of Dubuque, all the remainder of his territory should become the 
property of Choteau or his heirs. 

In 1805 Lieutenant Zebulon Pike was detailed to explore the 
headwaters of the Mississippi river and make treaties with the In- 
dians along its shores. With a force of twenty soldiers he embarked 
in a keel boat at St. Louis and made his way up the river. On reach- 
ing Dubuque's fortifications they were, much to their surprise, received 

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by a sonorous salute from the brass cannon and Old Glory was for 
the first time spread out to the breeze in Dubuque County. As this 
was the advent of the first Americans who had visited this territory 
much civility was shown them. 

Dubuque continued to work at his mines and was meeting with 
abundant success when death suddenly surprised him in the spring of 
1810. Unfortunately he left no one to succeed him in his enterprise. 
His death caused a veritable consternation among the savages. 

From all parts of the surrounding country they gathered to assist 
at his obsequies. 

The most celebrated chiefs carried his remains to their last rest- 
ing place — the romantic bluff overlooking his home and the scenes 
of his labors, which the Early Settlers and the Julien Dubuque Monu- 
ment Association have still further marked with a lasting monument 
to his memory. Eloquent tributes were paid by the chiefs in their 
forceful and symbolic language, describing his life "as brilliant as the 
sun at midday; but as fleeting as the snow which disappears under 
the sun's warm rays. The memory of Dubuque was so well preserved 
amongst the surrounding tribes, that for many years they kept each 
night a lamp burning on his grave. They constructed a stone build- 
ing or vault over his grave, which I (the writer of this article) saw in 
a complete condition in the year 1845, from the deck of the steamboat 
Mendota, while on my way to St. Louis with my father. I recollect it 
well, the early morning sun giving it a glittering appearance as though 
it had been whitewashed. A cross stood about three feet northeast 
of the tomb which at the time I saw it consisted of only the upright 
in a slightly leaning condition, some ten or twelve feet in height, the 
cross piece of which was said to contain the words "Julien Dubuque, 
died March 14, 1810, aged 45 years and 6 months," was nowhere to be 
seen, but the mortise in the upright piece (some G inches in width) 
where it fitted into showed it had been there. No more fitting termin- 
ation to this article could be conceived than to close it with Dubuque's 
burinal. 

Mr. Richard Herrmann's book of 320 pages and its illustrations 
should be published for the good of the community. The brief extracts 
I make from its pages are but the sippings of its contents. — Alexander 
Simplot, Secretary Early Settlers' Association. 



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Song for the Early Settlers 

TO THE TUNE OF "JOHN BROWN'S BODY" 

Composed by JUDGE NOURSE of Des Moines 



The Early Settler's Picnic has come around again, 

And we compose the party of those that yet remam 

To exchange our happy greetings, and to ]om m the refram, 
As we go marching on. 

Chorus^^^^^^ glory, hallelujah; glory, glory, hallelujah ; 
Glory, glory, hallelujah, as we go marching on. 

'Tis very many years ago since we all came out west 

To ?rmy up with the country that is now the yery best ; 
God ga?e the soil and climate, and the settlers did the rest, 

When they came marching on. 
Chorus : 
Our hearts and homes are here in dear old Iowa, 

We are the early settlers that settled here to stay 
And there's not a soul among us that ever rued the day, _ 

When they came marching on. 
Chorus : 
We may seem a little older and our heads are silyered o'er, 

Sut our hearts are just as young as they were in days o yore. 
And we are thankful for the blessings that we're haying still in store. 

While we go marching on. 
Chorus. 

WheVe they wait to giye us greeting, as they did in days of yore. 

When we came marching on. 
Chorus : 
There's no better land than this to liye and loye together, 

To bear the heat of summer, or to face the stormy weather. 
So sing you hallelujah. Old Iowa Forever, 

As we go marching on. 
Chorus : 

Onr nation is united as it never was before, , ^ . 
^ We are happy and contented with Old Glory floating o'er. 
We are coming. Father Abraham, with many millions more. 

While we go marching on. 
Chorus : 



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NAMES OF MEMBERS 

FROM DATE OF ORGANIZATION, JUNE 10, 1865, 
DOWN TO AUGUST 1, 1906. 

The Star (*) Before Names Indicates Deceased. 



The Old Settlers' Association was called into being by the sur- 
vivors of those who began the building up of Dubuque in 1832 and 1833, 
and fully organized on the lOtli of June, 1865, with Edward Lang- 
worthy, President, and Chandler Childs as Secretary of the Society, 
at which date the following signed as members, none of whom are 
now living: 

1865 MEMBERS. 



♦Edward Langworthy 
*P. A. Lorimier 
*John Simplot 
*Geo. W. Jones 
*Jesse M. Harrison 
*S. M. Langworthy 
*A. McDaniel 
*Richard Bonson 
*J. R. Goodrich 
*N. V. Decelles 
*Matthew McNear 



*A. B. Harrison 
*B. F. Davis 
*S. M. Lorimier 
*A, Levi 
*P. C. Roberts 
*Chandler Childs 
*T. S. Wilson 
*Geo. O. Karrick 
*J. D Graffort 
*Peter Waples 
*H. A Wiltse 



*John King 
*J. H. Thedinga 
*Jacob Christman 
*M. McNamara 
*Joseph Ogilby 
*Nathaniel Simpson 
*J. H. Emerson 
*John Goldthorpe 
*C. H. Booth 
*Timothy Mason 



On December 17, 18G9, the word "male" in the third section of the 
Constitution was expunged, and provision being thus made, lady mem- 
bers were admitted, as follows: Sarah Jane Anderson, Euphemia 
Cleaveland, Margaret Guilford, Martha Le Van, Josephine Place, Lena 
Wagner, and Katherine Zugenbuehler. Mrs. Le Van is the only lady 
member now living. 

LIST OF MEMBERS UP TO AUGUST 1, 1906. 

A. *Andrew, William *Adams, S. P. 

*Anderson, A. D. *Ashley, S. *Agnew, Alex 

Anderson, Alexander Ado, George and wife Agnew, James 
*Anderson, Wm. J. *Agard, B. E. Altman. F. W. 

"Anderson, R. O. Agard, Mrs. Catherine*Alsop, Thos. 

*Allen, W. P. *Adams, Austin Andre, John 



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Avenarius, E. Beyhl, Philip 

Atkinson, Jonathan Baney, Henry 
Armstrong, Wm. T. Brown, Edward 
Armstrong, Mrs. W. T. Butt, John 

Brown, James 



B. 

*Bush, John D. 
*Brown, John V. 
*Brown, A. L. 

Brown, Geo. 

Brunsliill, Joseph 
*Burton, Geo. W. 
*Bell, John 

Brunskill, James 
*Burt, D. R. 
*Blocklinger, G. 

Brown, Jacob 

Buckman, W. D. 

Barnes, M. S. 

Brown, N. G. 

Brown, John 

Brasher, T. R. 

Brown, W. K. 
*Brede, Frantz 

Brown, Joseph 

Beck, John J. 
*Bale, John 

Bale, Mrs. Mary 

Bale, Miss Mary E. 

Baule, Joseph 



*Bartels, Wm. 
Baxter, Mrs. Lucy 
Broell, Ferdinand 
Brunskill, James 
Barton, George 
Bender, Fred 
Bowen, E. E. 
Bradley, John J. 
Bush, C. and wife 
Bosen, William 
Berg, C. H. 
Bahl, Andrew 

C 
*Cummings, C. J. 
Cox, C. J. 
*Cox, Richard 
*Chadwick, N. 
*Crummer, W. 
*Cain, Absalom 
Corkery, C. J. 
*Collins, Cornelius 
*Coates, William 
*Coates, Thomas P. 
Coates, Frank 
Christman, Charles 
Bothwell, Mrs. Dinah*Christman, Augustus 



Burnes, John F. 
*B"recht, Julius 
*Bewer, Mathias 
Baule, Francis 
Baier, Frederick 
Boyhl, Henry 



Cleaveland, D. W. 
Cleaveland, Mary E. 
Crawford, P. W. 
*Coy, J. W. 
Coates, Mrs. F. A. 
Conant, J. F. 



Bottoms, John S. and*Cunningham, Mrs. M 



wife 



*Collier, James 



*Bigelow, Sr., Dr. J. S. Cantillon, W. J. 



Baumgartner, Gus. 
Baumhover, L. J. 
Bruhm, Charles 
Baumwald, Chris. 
Bonson, Robert 
*Benson, William 



Cosley, F. J. 
*Connolly, Tom 
Corrigan, James C. 
Cox, John 
Cox, Walter G. 
Cook, Walter 

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*Chatfield, Beacher 

Clarke, Dr. E. L. 
*Cook, William 

Carlin, A. B. 

Callahan, John J. 

Cook, Chas. M. 

Gushing. James 

Chesterman, Caleb C 

Cunningham, P. J. 

Cottingham, D. 

Cain, T. B. 

Corrance, H. 

Carver, D. D. W. 

.Carver, Mrs. Mary 

Carroll, J. H. 

Clark, A. L. 

Corpstein, John 

Cooney, John L. 

Carney, Frank 

Carney, Mary A. 

Carney, Mike M. 
*Collins, Jacob 

Cook, Wilfred 

Cleaveland, Maria E. 

Clark, William 

Cooper, A. A. 

Counsell, Jos. J. 

Cook, Rev. John 

Coates, George 

D 
*Decker, T)avid 

Dougherty, J. 

De Lorimier, D. D. 

Dunn, Patrick 
*Dickinson, J. L. 

Dickinson, Geo. L. 

Dickinson, Wm. P. 
. Dickinson, E. H. 
*Dickinson, S. P. 

Dunn, J. H. 

Dillon, Timothy 
*Daniels, H. H. 

Daykin, Metcalf 

Doerfler, Louis 

Dunn, J. J. 
*Denlinger, C. 



Dunham, Louis R. 
Doherty, John 
*Duggan, J. J. 
Dawson, David 
Daykin, J. T. 
Deery, John 
Donatsch, Christ 
Dufit, Joseph 

E 
*Ewing, John R. 
♦Everett, John T. 
*Eaton, George 

Eggleston, Miss M. 
*Eggleston, Etiretta 
*Evans, L. P. 
*Elmer, Samuel 

Ellwanger, John 



*Glew, James 
*Gilliam, Charles 
*Gehrig, James 

Guerin, Charles F. 

Gi^ilford, W. H. 

Giepler, Chas. 

Giessler, Mrs. Agatha 
*Graham, Archibald 

Glab, John 

Graham, William 
*Graves, J. K. 

Gehrig, Andrew 
*Gilliam, T. F. and wife 

Gaines, Charles J. 
*Girard, Hyacinth 

Gremmels, Chas. 
*Goodman, Christian 

Giessmann, Lewis 



Everley. Mary, (the^^^j^^^^^^.^^^^ -^^^^ 
daughter of Indian q^^^. ^ 
Kate) 



Ershin, Phil 
Empelding, Joseph 

F 
*Finley, John W., Dr. 
*Fales, J. T. 
Flynn, Eugene 
Fitzpatrick, Eugene 
*Fitzpatrick, John 
Fitzpatrick, Mrs. E. *Higgins. Jonathan 
*Hunter, Henry 
*Heeb, Anton 



Gehrig, Paul 
Gehrig, John 
Gehrig, Joseph 
Ginter, Frank 
Grigg, J. J. 
Greenwald, Chas. 
Gaines, J. H. 

H 

^Hempstead, Stephen 



♦Fellows, Hiram 
*Fuller, L. C. 

Freeman, Mrs. Sophia+jjenion J. B. 
*Finn, Geo. W. *Horr, Asa 

*Frenzel, E. A. *Hale, W. S. 

Ferring, Peter, Sr. *Harvey, John R. 

Fettgether, Ferdinand *Harker, Mrs. Simon 



Fifield, Geo. A. 
*Fengler, George 

Fischer, John 

Flick, R. 

Flechsig, August 

Fitzpatrick, John A. 
G 
♦Gregoire, C. H. 



*Hancock, John T. 
*Hardie, Thomas. 
*Harris, R. S. 
*Hall, Wm. S. 
*Higgins, Joel M. 

Haines, C. G. 

Hewitt, Mrs. Mary M, 
*Hosford, A. W. 



Hosford, Mrs. Sidonia 

Healey, Geo. W. 

Hewitt, Miss Juliette 

Hamman, John F. 
♦Henderson, C. H. 
♦Hetherington, Henry S 

Harrington, P. M. 

Harger, B. M. 

Holland, Ora 

Hammiel, A. 
♦Hughes, Patrick 

Hayden, M. M. 

Hanover, Jos. H. 

Halpin, P. H. 
♦Harris, Mrs. R. S. 
♦Hoffmann, John W. 
♦Herancourt, Catherine 
♦Henderson, Col. D. B. 

Harrington, C. D. 

Haudenshield, Jacob 

Herrmann, Richard 

Hauser, John A. 

Hannon, J. W. 

Heuchlin, Albert 

Hogan, W. H. 

Homan, John 

Hauser, E. 
♦Ham, M. M. 

Hoefflin, Chas. F. 

Hill, William 

Hammel, Sarah 

Habletzel, A. 

Heim, Jacob 
♦Hedley, James F. 

Hafner, Conrad 

Hepp, Ferdinand 

Heer, Fridolin, Sr. 

Hill, Thomas 

Heer, John 

Horr, Joseph L. 

Hanson, Louisa 

Hickey, W. P. 

Huss, Peter 

Herod, James 
♦Heller, R. S. 



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Hoffmann, M. M. 

Harriman, W. E. 
I 

Isbure, John 
*Imhoff, Mathias 

Ireland, W. W. 

J 
*Jones, Wm. Ashley 
*Jones, C. S. D. 
*Jaeger, A. F. 
*Jaeger, Adam 

Jaeger, Francis 
*Jaeger, Mrs. Sarah A. 
*Johnson, W. 

Johnson, T. W. 
*Jaeger, Nicholas. 

Jungk, Philip 

Jones, Rudolph 

Jess, Patrick 

Jaquinot, M. 

Jess, Robert 

Jungfermann, B. B. 

K 
*Kries, Rhinehart B. 
*Keesecker, Andrew 
*Kiene, Peter, Sr. 

Kiene, Peter, Jr. 

Kuntz, John 

Keesecker, Chas. B. 
*Knapp, Asahel 

Klingenberg, Chas. 
*Kemler, A. W. 
*Kelly, James 

Klein, John H. 
*Kane, Martin 

Kabat, Joseph 
*Koch, Mrs. Sophie 
*Kopp, Andrew 
*Kiene, Burt 

Keckok, Lewis J. 

Kleinschmidt, J. 

Kormann, Cath. 
*Kannicka, S. 

Keppler, Valentine 

Knapp, H. G. 



Kessler, Jacob 
Knoernschild, John 
Kintzinger, John W. 
Kirby, George 
Kaiser, William 
Kramer, Frank H. 
Kauffman, J. K. 
*Knoll, F. M. 
Knott, Mrs. Olga 
Kretschmer, Fred N. 
Knight, W. J. 
Kenneally, Thos. I 

and wife 
Kendall, W. R. H. 
Korman, G. L. 
Kirs, Valentine 
Kenna, Michael P. 
Kintzinger, Nicholas 
Knippling, J. F. 
Kumpf, Ed. E. 



Latourell, Jean B. 

Lyon, Delos E. 

Lorimier, Wm. K. De. 

Le Page, Mrs. Mary 

Lochner, Philip 

Linehan, D. W. 

Langworthy, J. L. 
*Luck, George 

Laude, Eugene F. 

Luther, Fred 

Lear, August 
. Lattner, Samuel 

Lindenberg, L. • 

Lungwitz, E. F. 

Liest, Charles 

Levan Thos. J. 

Linehan, B. D. 

Lagen, Mrs. Mary A. 
M 
*Maclay, John 
*Mason, Christopher 



*Langworthy, Edward *Mangold, Francis 
*Langworthy, Oscar *Markle, John W. 
*Levens, Wm. H. 
Lorimier, Menard S. 
*Luck, George C. 



*Lewis, Warner 
*Levens, Thomas 
*Loire, John 
*Leist, C. J. 
*Lewis, R. S. 
*Levens, Abe 



*Moore, John W. 

McDaniel, Sam R. 
*Myers, William 
*McCantz, E. 
*Mobley, M. 

McKenzie, D. A. 
*McKnight, Thomas 
*Miller, Henry 

Mattox, E. 



Luther, Wm. and wife*Moiitgomery, Ralph 
Longhurst, Thos., and*Morheiser, P. C. 



wife 

Laudies, Jacob J. 

Lagen, Barney 

Langston, Dennis S. 

Lally, James 
*Longueville, Jos. C. 
*Lorenz, R. 
*Levens, Mrs. Melinda. McGregor, Peter 

Levens, Miss Alvina E. Myers, D. D. 

Lyons, John *Mulkern, John 

Lamson, S. H. *Mehlhop, John 



*McBride, James 
Moore, John M. 
McNear, Thomas 
Myers, Geo. S. 
Marble, J. B. 

*Meyer, Henry 

*McCraney, Orlando 



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McCraney, James 

Mehl, Chas. 

Morrill, Richard 

Mueller, Ernest 

Moser, F. E. 

Morrison, John 

Mullett, Geo. 

Meyer, Chas. H. 
*Michael, Jacob 

Moser, Geo. G. 

Meyer, Theo. 

McCullough, Pat. 

Matthews, M. C. 
*McLane, Geo. 

Maguire, Thomas 

Mink, A. 

Merkes, Peter B. 
♦McGrath, Jeoffrey 

Moser, John 

Meyers, John P. 

Miller, Jacob R. 

McCarthy, John J. 

Maloy, P. C. 

Muehe, August 

McCullough, M. F. 

Mills, C. D. 

McNamara, John 

Muntz, William 

McEvoy, John 
♦Manhart, Joseph 

McQuillen, T. 

McCoUins, John 

McGinnis, A. 

McNamara, M. F. 
♦Moore, M. H. 

McCune, James 

Manson, J. W. 

Mulgrew, Mrs. L. 

Murphy, T. C. 

McDonnell, James 

Mcllvain, Alexander 

Moore, Mrs. Silas 

Miller, John 
♦McDermott, A. F, 

McMillen, Emma 

Mulgrew, Mrs. Louisa 



Miller, Mrs. J. L. 

Morgan, Joseph S. 

McLean, Charles 

McKinsie, M. J. 

Meukel, J. G. 

McAlobn, P. J. 

Mulgrew, Thos. J. 

Mack, Henry 

N 
*Nolte, Rudolph 
*Nowlan, Hardin 

Nagle, E. W. 

Needham, J. B. 

Norton, John W. 
*Nagle, M. D. 
*Noel, Frank 

Nugent, Michael 

O 
*Ogilby, Mrs. Joseph 
*0'Dea, John 

Oehler, Henry 

P 
*Palmer, John 
*Plumbe, Richard 
♦Peacock, Jas. H. 
*Pelan, Christopher 
♦Pierce, H. C. 

Poole, William 
♦Pratt, James 

Phillips, J. V. 

Powers, Mrs. M. W. 
♦Parker, J. W. 

Parker, Mrs. Eliza 

Perry, Geo. G. 
♦Perry Gilbert 

Pier, John 

Perry, W. R. 

Pier, Philip and wife 

Phillips, Thos. F. 

Page, John P. 
♦Parker, Jeoffrey, W. 

Piatt, J. M. 

Phillips, D. C. 

Patterson, Catherine 

Pillard, A. H. 

Putnam, D. A. 
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Paisley, Jonathan 

Pilkington, G. R. 

Paley, John 

Palen, Joseph 

Preston, S. B. 

Perryon, Jacob 

Perryon, Louis 

Paisley, Thos. J. 

Pier, Jr., Philip and 
wife 

Pier, Charles and wife 

Preston, G. V. 

Pfotzer, Edward 

Pickley, James 

Palmer, W. A. 

Powers, Ed. 
Q 
♦Quigley, Dr. Jno. P. 

Quigley, Mrs. Marg. A. 

Quigley, P. J. 
♦Quigley, Joseph H. 

Quigley, William 

Quigley, Mrs. Amy 
R 
♦Rupert, Benjamin 
♦Randall, L. D. 
♦Rogers, Thomas 
♦Robinson, J. W. 
♦Reinfried, Xavier 
♦Redman, J. R. 
♦Reddin. James 
♦Rebman, J. F. 
♦Ruley, P. A. 

Rooney, H. A. 
♦Robbins, Wm. H. 

Rudford, Wm. 
♦Roberts, Henry G. 

Reynolds, Mrs. Sarah 

Richmond, Mrs. O. E. 
♦Rickard, Jonathan 
♦Ruff, William 

Raymond, G. A. 
♦Rath, George 

Reinecke, John 
♦Rebman, William 
♦Ryan, James 



Reifsteck, Christian 

Riker, Henry 

Rupert, Wells F. 
*Raclford, Samuel 
*Raw, Geo. M. 

Ruete, T. W. 

Rice, Judson E. 

Reynolds, C. H. 

Rowman, H. 

Rand, D. W. 

Rever, Henry 

Reinfried, Henry 

Roehl, W. T. 

Ryan, S. D. 

Rath, Geo. C. 

Reinfried, J. R. 
S 
*Spensley, John 

* Stout, H. L. 
*Schaffner, Martin 
"Sloan, James 
*Strasser, George 
*Spaulding, R. 
*Smith, B. F. 

* Simpson, Nathan 
*Simpson, John 
*Schunk, Michael 

Simplot, Alex. 
*Scott, Geo. W. 

* Scott, Samuel 
*Starr, Geo. W. 
*Smith, Piatt 
*Sackett, A. M. 
*Stewart, Wm. G. 
*Shields, C. T. 

Shields, J. H. 
*Smith, A. H. 

Senegar, Rudolph 
*Schunn, Wm. "*" 

*Simplot, Mrs. Yii'Sinia*Taylor, John 



*Smyth, Hugh H. and Thomas, Miss Jane 

wife Trieb, Anthony 

^Stafford, Chas. Tinkham, Mrs. Helen 

Schmitt, George *Tinkham, John B. 

Schrup, N. J. *Tschirgi, Mat, Sr. 

Smith, Joseph *Torbert, Geo. L. 

*Scripture, Calvin and Trexler, John 
wife *Traut, Paul 

Singer, Frank E. *Traut, Joseph 

*Schoenthal, Augustus Tschudi, Fred 



Simpson, N. 
Smith, E. H. 
Smith, Mrs. E. H. 

Sohl, John 
*Strobel, John H. 

Schunk, H. A. 
* Sweeney, Martin 

Schroeder, F. M. 

Stuart, O. 

Schmitt, Jas. 

Scott, Samuel K. 

Sutherland, James W 

Stewart, John W. 

Smith, L. G. 

Sahm, William 

Saunders, C. J. W. 

Stieber, John 

Schrup, Henry 

Schmidt, George 

Schmitz, Mike 

Steiner, John 



Thompson, R. M. 
Thornton, William 
Teugel, Frederick 
Trudell, Joseph 
*Torbert, Horace 
Thorpe, William 
Thielen, Anthony 
Tuegel, A. G. H. 
Tinkham, A. 
Thuro, Nicholas 
Thompson, James 
Townsend, E. C. 
Tqrbert, W. H. 

U 
Urig, John 

V 
"Van Driel, Alex 
Vollenweider, L. 
*Vandever, Wm. 
Vogt, Louis 
Voelker, Chris. A. 



*Summerfield, T. H. E.*Vath, C. H 
Seipel, Michael 



Speer, Conrad 
Schaefle, E. B. 
Sullivan, Tim 
Stieber, Chris. 



^Stewart, A. H. 

Simplot, Henry F. 
*Stuart, Daniel A. 

Stout, F. D. 

Salot, George 
*Schmit, Albert 



*Tasker, William 

* Turner, E. D. 
Tudor, Mrs. Sally 

* Taylor, James W. 
*Thompson, Robert 
^Thompson, Geo. W. 

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W 

Wales, C. E. 

Waples, M. H., Dr. 
*West, G. R. 
*Waller, Richard 
*Williamson, P. 
*Waters, J. 
*Weigle, Frederick 
*Wootten, J. E. 
*Winall, S. S. 
*Welsh, Cornelius H. 

Waters, Thos. G. 

Wullweber, Chas. W. 



Wiillweber, Mrs. F. 
♦Wemott, S. S. 
♦Wunderlich, Henry 

Walter, R. 

Walter, Mrs. Vetturie 
*Woods, A. P. 
♦Whittakcr, C. 

Werner, J. M. 
*Wood, Geo. D. 

Williams, Myron T. 
*Weland, T. F. 

Wallace, Richard 

Waters, Thomas 
♦Walker, M. M. 



Woodhouse, Joseph M 
Wearmouth, Wm. 
Willging, Geo. 
Walsh, T. W. 
Warmington, E. 
Warmington, H. 
Weigel, F. H. 
Weigel, Mrs. F. H. 
Williams, D. E. 
Wunderlich, Louise 
Woodhouse, Mrs. M. 



*Young, Alexander 



*Yount, Jesse 
*Yates, Thomas 
*Yates, Mrs. Josephine 



*Zugenbuehler, Joseph 
*Zollicoffer, Geo. 
*Zugenbuehler, F. J. 
*Zangmeister, Jacob 

ZoUicoffer, Jacob 

Zollicoffer, Mike 

Zemanek, Louis 

Zumhoff, Geo. 



Total number of members from date of organization, 738. 
Total number of living members, 457. 




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